caa a22 4500 469050977 CHVBK 20180323132830.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00127141 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00127141 Antonopoulos John Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, 26 110, Patras, GR, Greece aut The tsunami of 426 BC in the Maliakos gulf, eastern Greece [Elektronische Daten] [John Antonopoulos] In 427 BC, a major earthquake occurred in ancient Greece. In particular, Attica, Boeotia, and the island of Euboea were the areas where seismic activity was most frequent. The fact that these events happened in conjuction with the Peloponnesian war provides us with an account made by historians of the war. Such an account is the one made by Thucydides. During the spring and summer of 426 BC shocks continued to take place. This time, the sea area between the island of Euboea and the mainland (Maliakos gulf) was also affected and as a result, a seismic sea-wave of considerable size formed. The tsunami, as it is better known, swept the surrounding coastal area. Major topographic alteration of the area occurred, resulting in a huge loss of life and the destruction of cities. In this paper, the author attempts to describe this event and to explain scientifically how it happened, and how this affected the shape of the area and human life. All the evidence used in this paper has been cross-referenced with at least one other historic or scientific source. Although it was extremely difficult to uncover hidden detail about an event so far in the past, any facts that could not be verified have not been included. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Tsunami nationallicence earthquake nationallicence allvial coasts nationallicence Malliakos Gulf nationallicence flood nationallicence Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1992-01-01), 83-93 0921-030X 5:1<83 1992 5 11069 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127141 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127141 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Antonopoulos John Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, 26 110, Patras, GR, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1992-01-01), 83-93 0921-030X 5:1<83 1992 5 11069 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer